AMD Ryzen 5 7640U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Compare AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5252 points
5342 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7216 points
7441 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4621 points
4708 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4465 points
4544 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.19 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
121.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8481 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8338 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2104 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1948 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.50 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
10 MiB
66% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,114
320th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 7640U vs Core Ultra 5 135U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7640U beats the Core Ultra 5 135U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 135U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7640U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 135U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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